Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Chicago’s offensive rebuild is going well, but the harsh reality is that the job is still incomplete. At the moment, Chicago’s wide receiver room looks solid. Keenan Allen and DJ Moore provide an excellent pair of targets, and they might combine for 20 targets a game if Allen stays true to form and Moore has a slightly elevated usage rate compared to their last couple of years. Sticking with the same averages, Kmet and Everett should be good for the 8 targets per game that would represent the peak TE usage rate under Shane Waldron’s offenses with the Seattle Seahawks ..read more

Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images WCG’s lead draft analyst shares his top 5 players at each positions in the 2024 NFL Draft. The 2024 NFL Draft is just one week away, and after a long pre-draft process, rankings for most analysts have finalized. I love looking at the draft as a year-round process, with my scouting on this year’s underclassmen starting in April of last year. Though most of my tape watching this month has gone towards the 2025 class, I’ve still been making a few minor tweaks to my board. Now, I’ve decided to publish my finalized rankings over a series of articles. I’ll get around ..read more

Chicago Bears president and CEO Kevin Warren, left, and general manager Ryan Poles at Halas Hall on April 25, 2023, in Lake Forest | Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Hey Poles... don’t make us sad... WE WANT YOU! Would you like to show your Chicago Bears spirit to the world? I’m starting a feature where Windy City Gridiron readers can share pictures of themselves and their families and friends in Bears attire. Simply email a picture to me at the following address: denmasterken at aol dot com. The pictures need to be clear, and full resolution (i.e. full size ..read more

Photo by Adam Ruff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images WCG’s lead draft analyst spoke with Maryland’s intriguing star cornerback. With an All-AAC and All-Big Ten nominations, a Hula Bowl invite, a Shrine Bowl invite, and a College Football Playoff appearance, there’s a pretty accomplished resume for Maryland cornerback Ja’Quan Sheppard. The last two seasons have especially been productive for Sheppard, having tallied 18 pass deflections between his final season at Cincinnati and his lone year at Maryland. As one of the most physical cornerbacks in this year’s class, he figures to be a likely draf ..read more

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Getting Rome Odunze with the No. 9 overall pick would be a dream come true for the Chicago Bears. But draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah thinks at least one team might complicate that dream. On one hand, thank goodness no one is asking what the Chicago Bears are doing at the quarterback position anymore. Following the trade of Justin Fields and the continued revelations about the rest of this NFL Draft class, all roads lead to the Bears taking Caleb Williams, the clear best quarterback in this year’s draft in this writer’s opinion, with the No. 1 overall pick in the ..read more

Matthew Dobbins-USA TODAY Sports Greg Gabriel breaks down the top three receivers in this draft class. The depth and quality of the wide receiver class in this Draft is as good as I have ever seen, and I have been doing this for 43 years! What it means is that clubs will be able to select a quality receiver at least into the third round and perhaps the fourth. While there is no questioning how deep this class is, there is some argument as to who is the best of the group. If we go back to the beginning of the 2023 College Football Season or even during the summer, the odds-on favorite to be the ..read more

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images Who are some players the Bears could select furthur down the board? In part one of our Chicago Bears NFL Draft roundtable series, we asked our staff to rank Chicago’s remaining positional needs. In part two, we wanted to know an under-the-radar position the Bears may address in the draft. Here’s today's topic... Who are some later-round prospects you have an eye on for the Bears? Josh Sunderbruch: Tanor Bortolini is an undersized lineman by some standards, but he has athleticism and aggression that could translate well into being a fantastic flex piece in t ..read more

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports EJ Snyder previews the NFL Draft on the latest Bears Banter Podcast! The latest Bears Banter Podcast has dropped! If you are like us at Windy City Gridiron, you can’t consume enough NFL Draft content this time of year! If that’s you, then buckle up because this is the podcast for you! Windy City Gridiron’s own (and the Bootleg Football Podcast) EJ Snyder joined the podcast this week to help us preview the NFL Draft. EJ joins every year, and it’s always a fantastic conversation. EJ discusses a little Caleb Williams, but we heavily focused on the ninth pick and e ..read more

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images The NFL draft is now just eight nights away, and with the Chicago Bears expected to make a pair of selections in the Top 10, we decided to answer some of your burning questions! Eight. Long. Days. That’s how much time we have left until the kickoff of the 2024 NFL Draft next Thursday night. For most NFL fans, this is one of the best weekends of the year. For Chicago Bears fans, it holds even more meaning this year. Not only will they open up the draft on the clock, they hold a pair of Top 10 picks for the first time in decades. Hell, most of us weren’t even a ..read more

Competitors are seen in action as the New York Jets and Chicago Bears expand girls flag league ahead of International Women’s Day at The Cherry Red Records Stadium on March 07, 2024 in Wimbledon, England. | Photo by Alex Davidson/Getty Images for the New York Jets & Chicago Bears Fans & pundits debate about pick #9 for the Bears as the big day inches closer WE WANT YOU! Would you like to show your Chicago Bears spirit to the world? I’m starting a feature where Windy City Gridiron readers can share pictures of themselves and their families and friends in Bears attire. Simply email a pic ..read more